I. Rally against U.S.

' 'imperialist policies'

Staff Reporter
http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/28/stories/2007112861551100.htm
KOLKATA: People from different walks of life, including peasants and
workers, participated in a protest rally organised by the All-India
Anti-Imperialist Forum (AIAIF) here on Tuesday against the
'imperialist policies' of the United States.
The rally comes ahead of an International Conference against
Imperialism, Zionism and Occupation, being organised by the AIAIF on
November 28 and 29. Delegates from countries such as the U.S., Russia,
Canada, Palestine, Turkey, Lebanon, Nepal and Bangladesh will try to
formulate a comprehensive action plan against 'imperialist' movements.
Exhorting people to get down and act, the former U.S. Attorney
General, Ramsey Clark, said Palestine and Iraq had become symbols of
repression.
He was addressing a gathering at the rally's conclusion near the U.S.
consulate.
Mr. Clark, who has acted as counsel to those opposing the U.S.,
including the North Vietnamese Communists, the former Yugoslav
President, Slobodan Milosevic, and the former Iraqi President, Saddam
Hussein, said: "We have to reverse U.S. President George Bush's policy
of enriching the rich and impoverishing the poor if we want to end
poverty on this planet."
The world was not safe as long as the U.S. invested heavily in
weapons. On Nandigram, Mr. Clark said the "brutal aggression by the
government" was a great tragedy.

II. 'U.S. must immediately withdraw from Iraq'

Staff Reporter
http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/29/stories/2007112956201300.htm

Former United States Attorney General inaugurates delegate session of

Anti-Imperialist Forum in Kolkata
— Photo: PTI

AGAINST IMPERIALISM: The former U.S. Attorney General, Ramsey Clark,

(second from left) and delegates at the Anti-imperialist International
Conference in Kolkata on Wednesday.
Kolkata: The United States-led occupation forces in Iraq should
immediately withdraw from that country, a resolution said here on
Wednesday at an anti-imperialist conference.
Around 1200 delegates from countries such as the U.S., Russia, Canada,
Palestine, Lebanon, Turkey, Iran, Syria, Bangladesh and Nepal are
attending the two-day conference. Organised by the All-India
Anti-Imperialist Forum, its first delegate session was inaugurated by
the former U.S. Attorney General, Ramsey Clark, on Wednesday.
Expressing solidarity with the heroic resistance being put up by the
people of Iraq, Palestine and Lebanon in particular, the conference
demanded the release of those unlawfully detained in prisons and the
restoration of the Palestinian people's right to live in independence
and peace.
U.S. bullying
The resolution noted with "deep concern" the U.S. "bullying and
threat" to Lebanon's sovereignty. It condemned the "forcible
encroachment" of Palestine by the "ruling clique of Israel," aided by
the U.S.
It drew attention to the inhuman tortures brought to bear down upon
"innocent people imprisoned in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay without
trial for years."
Another resolution noted that globalisation had become an U.S.
"imperialist bid to overcome its ever-deepening crisis of the market."
The U.S. was taking recourse to "militarisation of economy" and the
"so-called globalisation through integration of national markets and
managed trade" to tide over the "economic crisis in which world
capitalism-imperialism" was sunk.
Socialist camp
The U.S., taking advantage of the absence of the erstwhile powerful
socialist camp and of organised worldwide anti-war movements, was
carrying out "machinations, aggressions and invasions of countries" in
its bid "to control resources" and "exploit markets."
Evil design
The resolution noted that people in different countries were coming
out in large numbers to resist the "evil U.S. design," and called upon
people to "build broad-based united anti-imperialist struggles" to
resist the U.S. manoeuvres for world domination.

III. Former US diplomat to visit Ground Zero today

Express news service
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Updated: Thursday , November 29, 2007 at 02:16:49

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today/244765/

Kolkata, November 28 "Let us stop talking and start acting to resist

imperialism. Let us stand up against ongoing imperialism in Iraq and
in Nandigram," said former Attorney General of the United States
Ramsey Clark (in the picture) criticising the imperialist activities
of the US government.
The 80-year-old legal professional will be heading for Nandigram
tommorrow morning. "Nandigram is just a local manifestation of the
global trend of imperialism," opined Clark.
He will be visiting the violence-affected area — Sonachura and
Gokulnagar — as well as the relief camp at Braja Mohan Tiwari School
in Nandigram.
Clark and 20 other anti-imperialist activists are in the city to
attend an international conference organised by the All India
Anti-Imperialist Forum. Delegates from 13 countries discussed hegemony
and the 'Big Brother' attitude of the Bush administration.
Activists from France, USA, Russia, Canada, Syria, Iran, Nepal,
Bangladesh, Bahrain, Germany, Palestine, Lebanon and Turkey shared
their experiences on imperialism in their native land.
"We have had enough of US imperialist activities in Istanbul. It is a
matter of shame for the government to allow killing of innocent people
and encroaching upon land to set up industries," said 23-year-old
Ainoor, a representative of the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of
Turkey and Northern Kurdistan.
"Iraq is perhaps the best example of military aggression in the world.
The small, impoverished country has been devastated by a monstrous
nation like the US. The people of Vietnam have long suffered owing to
the imperialist activities of the US," said Clark.

IV. Ramsey Clark visits Nandigram

Staff Reporter
http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/30/stories/2007113060360100.htm
Kolkata: The former U.S. Attorney-General, Ramsey Clark, visited
Nandigram on Thursday to see the condition of peasants after the
recent violence there. Mr. Clark is participating in an international
anti-imperialist conference being held here.
"It was a very moving experience to see the people facing a plight
that was brought upon them by their own government," said Mr. Clark on
his return. He was accompanied by Sara Flounders, member, Central
Secretariat, of the U.S.-based Workers' World Party, and Steven
Kirschbaum, vice-president, U.S. Steel Workers Associations. Stating
that Nandigram clearly represented imperialist designs, Mr. Clarke
said that to prevent it, "we must fight unitedly."
"Power stands in the people, but the question is whether there is will
and intelligence to exert that power." He hoped that the banner of
resistance would be held high by the people of Nandigram and carried
by the All-India Anti-Imperialist Forum, organisers of the conference,
to strengthen the movement.

V. 'It's a shame on actual Leftists'

Statesman News Service

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NANDIGRAM, Nov. 29: The manner in which the CPI-M recaptured Nandigram
is "a matter of shame" for the "actual Leftists" who are fighting
against US oppression on third world countries, said Mr Ramsey Clerk,
former US attorney general and a human right activist.
Mr Clerk (79), a recipient of the Gandhi Peace Award, had come to the
city recently to participate in a rally organised by the Anti
Imperialist Forum on 27 November, today visited a relief camp run by
the Bhumi Ucched Protirodh Committee at Nandigram Bazar.
Accompanied by some other human rights activists, Mr Clerk spoke with
the homeless who were driven out of their houses by CPI-M cadres
during the party's Nandigram re-capture operation.
"I am shocked to see that ruling Communists of this state are not only
physically beating up innocent protestors, but also destroying their
shelter for challenging the government," Mr Clerk said after, Mr Ajoy
Das Adhikari, a BUPC member, narrated to him how "CPI-M cadres had
ransacked" his house at Gokulnagar Adhikaripara village.
Mr Clerk, who played an active role in the anti-Vietnam war movement
and later formed World Action Centre ~ a global forum of Anti
Imperialist movement ~ met several homeless people and heard their
tales of "terror unleashed by CPI-M cadres".
Mr Clark told them that he would highlight the plight of Nandigram
victims on the global anti-imperialist forum to encourage all those
who are fighting against setting up of Special Economic Zones (SEZs)
in various countries.
"The CPI-M always raises its voice against US aggression, but when it
comes to give capitalists a free access to land to set up Special
Economic Zones (SEZs), the so-called Marxists of West Bengal unleash a
reign of terror on farmers who had brought them in power. They (the
CPI-M) did the same thing in Nandigram, what USA-led forces are doing
in Iraq and other developing countries to capture market for the
capitalists," said Mr Clerk.
He saluted the BUPC, describing it as the first organisation in the
world to have successfully forced a government to abandon a SEZ plan.
"The people of Nandigram have now become an example for others who are
spearheading anti-imperialist movement across the globe," said Mr
Clerk.
Later in the day, Mr Clerk met some women at Adhikaripara village who
alleged that CPI-M men had sexually harassed them for supporting BUPC.
"I'm shocked to know that ruling communists here don't even spare
women for challenging the government," Mr Clerk added.

VI. Plan to form anti-imperialist body

Special Correspondent
http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/02/stories/2007120260681200.htm
KOLKATA: The former U.S. Attorney-General, Ramsey Clark, on Saturday
announced plans for the formation of a new organisation – the
'International Anti-Imperialist and People's Solidarity Co-ordinating
Committee (IAPSCC).'
The new body will forge a combined worldwide struggle against
imperialist aggression, occupation and the evils of globalisation.
Addressing a press conference here on the conclusion of a two-day
international anti-imperialist conference, he said that with the
participation of 1,500 delegates from India and abroad the conference
was a huge success. "It is unthinkable in the United States."
While Mr. Clark will be the president of the new body, there would be
representatives from the U.S., France, Germany, Bangladesh, Lebanon,
Palestine, India and Nepal. Countries that would be approached
included Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, Iran and Iraq.
Deal opposed
The conference also adopted several resolutions, including one
opposing the India-U.S. nuclear deal. It called upon the Indian people
to struggle not only against the U.S. imperialist machinations, but
also against imperialist cravings and designs of the Indian state.
Stressing the need for a people's movement across countries facing the
U.S. aggression, Mr. Clark said that such movements had already begun
and gaining momentum.
Muhammad Kassem, a delegate from Lebanon, said that globalisation was
not an evil in itself, especially when it improved the lives of the
poorer people. But when an industry tried to use this tool to conquer
a country, it became an aggression which needed to be fought.
Referring to Nandigram, Mr. Clark said the highest punishment should
be given to people who had violated the rights of citizens of that
place. "We heard that Dow Chemicals among others was interested in
putting up a project there against the wishes of the local people who
would be displaced. This is one of the most basic intrusions of
globalisation," he said.

VII. Twist in tale: An American anti-imperialist

Posted online: Sunday , December 02, 2007 at 12:00:00

Updated: Sunday , December 02, 2007 at 02:04:56

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antiimperialist/245868/

"Let us stop talking and stand up against imperialism," says the

80-year-old anti-imperialist activist, Ramsey Clark. Clark, the former
Attorney General of the USA, was in the city recently to attend to an
international anti imperialist conference.
Be it at the Press Club of the city or the Mahajati Bhavan, the gutsy
man was all expressive for fighting against imperialistic activities
going on in the contemporary world. Taking sides with the farmers of
Nandigram and lambasting the state government for implying SEZ, the
old man says: "You know my dream is nothing but to reduce the number
of Nandigrams, the result of the imperialistic designs."
One has to pronounce the questions in his ears loud and clear to be
audible to him. But in spite of his poor health, the man travels a lot
for his love towards people and hatred\ against imperialism.
Born in Dallas, Texas, on December 28, 1927, to Mary Ramsey and Tom C
Clarke, he had decided to pursue his career as a legal professional in
the prime of his youth. His father was also an United States Attorney
General.
Known for his advocacy of the civil and human rights, the old man had
stood up in defence of Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi President, who dared
to stand up against the oppressive regime of U S government.
"Saddam Hussein was not an innocent man. But the main reason behind my
country's government being after his life was that he had dared to
contradict their supremacy in Iraq," said Clark.
He had voluntarily participated with 20 other Arab and non-Arab
lawyers in defending Saddam Hussein.
This has earned him a mixed feeling among his people back at home.
He is quite popular with the common people of his nation. "But I am
not in the good books of the Bush government. To some I am the
treacherous enemy and to others I am the source of inspiration,"
smiles Clark .
His teenage grandchildren are his greatest supporters. All throughout
his career, starting from 1950 onwards, Clark had been an important
personality of the US judicial department. But the 'big brother'
attitude of his country has turned him totally antagonistic towards
the government of his nation.
To Clark SEZ is nothing but the implementation of global imperialism.
"The poor farmers have been forced to give away their land for setting
up industries for multinational companies which run after huge
profits. The method of occupying
land is the same in Africa, Brazil, Israel or even in Bengal," says
Clark. And the main implementing agency is the police force, thinks
Clark.
"I have visited Nandigram victims in the Brajomohan Tiwari School. The
tough resistance offered by them against land acquisition is worthy of
salute," says the old man.
"Nandigram did not find a place in the newspapers of USA. I read about
them from the internet. Perhaps this is again a policy of an
imperialist state to suppress the activities of another imperialist
power," smiles Clark . "I do not care if I am treated as an enemy. But
my battle for anti-imperialism will go till my last days," said Clark